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title: 'We Played Rhythm Heaven Groove - NVC Clips'
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date: 2026-06-16
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# We Played Rhythm Heaven Groove - NVC Clips

> Source: [We Played Rhythm Heaven Groove - NVC Clips](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pjGRtvJGYjc)

## Summary

The video discusses the hands-on experience with the upcoming Nintendo Switch game, Rhythm Heaven Groove, highlighting its fun multiplayer and wacky mini-games. It also briefly touches on Star Fox.

### Key Points

- **Multiplayer Focus** [0:33] — The game features local multiplayer with up to 4 players using single Joy-Cons, with both competitive and co-op modes.
- **Cake-Grabbing Game** [0:55] — The game includes multiple competitive games, such as a cake-grabbing game where players must time their grab closest to an alarm.
- **Ninja Co-op Game** [1:28] — A co-op game involves four ninjas protecting an emperor by slicing arrows on beat.
- **Remix Level** [2:00] — The game features a remix level that combines five mini-games, each with its own unique rhythm, set to a J-pop song.
- **Pricing and Release** [3:28] — The game is priced at $40 and releases on July 2nd.

## Transcript

Yeah. Well, let's move on and talk about
uh Rhythm Heaven Groove, which was also
in the direct, but I got to play Rhythm
Heaven at the same event I played Star
Fox a few weeks ago. I played Rhythm
Heaven for about 45 minutes. And man,
this game's so good. It is going to be
really, really awesome when it comes
out. I love Rhythm Heaven. Mega Mix on
3DS is one of my favorite games on that
system. And one of my favorite parts
about that game is the multiplayer,
which you could do through download
play. If you had two 3DS's, you only had
to have one copy of the game and you
could play it together. and my wife and
I played that all the time together when
we were dating in college. It's super
fun. But now it's couch co-op. There's
like 80 multiplayer, maybe not 80, but
there's a bunch of multiplayer co-op and
competitive mini games that you can just
play with everyone have a Joy-Con on the
couch cuz it's like a one button game.
So, it really doesn't matter what
controller you're using. And it's just
that like wacky Nintendo Waroware
infused just absurdity that you never
know what's going to happen next. And
like the one of the competitive games
was you're seeing who can grab the cake
off the table closest to the alarm going
off. So the alarm will start counting
down from like 15 seconds and then
eventually it will disappear. So then
you're just counting in your head like
here it is like 5 4 3 2 1 and then you
all grab the cake and whoever is the
closest on either side over or under
gets the cake and then their their
little Elvis hairdo grows to be longer
like after they grab the cake. It's like
why is that happening? But it's just so
great that it does and everyone else
falls out of their chair onto the
ground. Just really really entertaining.
Or there's one where you're these four
ninjas protecting the emperor from these
these villains who are shooting arrows
at you and then you have to like slice
through their arrows with your katana on
the exact beat. That's great. There's
one where you're like a turnip with an
umbrella and you're like dancing in the
rain, but you don't want to get rained
on, so you have to open your umbrella at
the exact right moments, which is it's
just it's rhythm heaven. Like it's
exactly what you want out of the first
Rhythm Heaven in 10 years. And one of
the coolest parts is I got to play like
a full world of levels, which is like
five five games. And it's like the
turnup one. It's the one we saw in the
initial reveal trailer where it's just
all these little circle guys jumping
through hoops. There's a dog catching a
Frisbee. And there's a dinosaur who's
like eating flowers. And all four of
these games play to their own beat. Like
you're doing it on like two and four in
a lot of them. You're doing them on like
offbeats on another. And then there's
this remix which mixes all of them
together and it plays this like J-pop
song and it's just constantly like
flipping between all five games and you
have to like remember the individual
rhythm for each one and it's just super
satisfying. The music is I think the
best rhythm heaven's ever seen. It's
just awesome. Like this game's out in on
July 2nd in just a few weeks and it's on
Switch One. It's the last Switch One
game we know about. I think it's just
going to be really really fantastic.
>> Hell yeah. I'm so excited. it. Yeah, it
looks so stupid and amazing. Stupid in a
good way.
>> Oh, yeah. In a very good way.
>> I I think like looking at some of these
mini games uh again because I this this
sort of just like this is one of those
things where when I saw the trailer for
this I was like, "Oh, awesome. Yeah, I'm
in. I'm in day one." Um but I didn't
really stop to actually look at what is
happening specifically. And it is
amazing. That that cake that cake thing
is going to be a huge hit in my
household. I cannot wait for this. This
looks This is like I mean I'm I'm a
massive uh Warriorware fan. So and
anything that sort of scratches that
itch is always is always going to have a
place in my heart.
>> Yeah, it's it's exactly that. It's
Rhythm Warrior. If you haven't played
it, I think it's 40 bucks. This is not a
full price Nintendo title. So
>> yeah, you you got to dip into this one.
It's going to be one of my favorite
games of this year, I think.
>> Um it also it has like the same text to
speech sort of voice as Tomodachi Life.
They're just really into that weird
uncanny vibe right now. Like the
narrator of all the story and stuff is
has that same robotic rhythm as as the
Miis do in Tomodachi, which I thought
was interesting. But
>> sweet. Yeah, it's it's going to be
great. And there's so many games I've
not seen yet. I also saw the RPG mode,
which is called Beat Spell. They showed
this off a little in the direct. Uh it's
it's I think not really a full RPG like
it's maybe being built as. It's just
another mini game that plays out like
turn-based RPG battles where you're
learning spells and it's like XXY is
like your fire and then XY is to heal
and then you're hitting these to the
beat as you're fighting these very basic
like RPG slime dragon quest level
enemies. It's cool. It's just another
miniame. Um but it kind of seems to me
the progression is going to be you play
all the normal games to rank up and
unlock stars to eventually earn your way
to the next RPG level. And I think
that's going to be like beating the game
is when you reach the end of the RPG.
But who really cares about that? It's
all about the stupid mini games and and
playing with your friends and family.
>> Yep. So that's Rhythm Hem Groove out in
just a few weeks. We're going to talk
about Star Fox, which is out next week.
But first, thanks for watching this clip
from Nintendo Voice Chat. Be sure to
catch the full episode over at
youtube.com/ignames.
New episodes of NVC drop every Friday on
IGNA, IGN.com, and your favorite podcast
platforms. With the Nintendo Switch 2
finally here, there is so much to dive
into. We appreciate you tuning in, and
don't forget NBC is the only place you
can get the thing.